Five large cities identified as the major urban centers of the Indus Valley civilization include Mohenjo Daro, Harappa, Ganweriwala and Rakhigarhi, and Dholavira). “The first four are inland ...

But does the notion that the Indus Valley Civilization evolved from a long, unbroken local tradition starting at Mehrgarh around 8000 BCE now require rethinking? “Not necessarily,” said Prabhakar.

One of history's biggest questions is: "How does an entire civilization disappear?" One can comprehend how an object or even a city is lost, buried, or destroyed, but an entire group or nation of ...

It was the largest city of the thriving Indus Valley (Harappan ... In her book, Finding Forgotten Cities: How the Indus Civilization Was Discovered, historian Nayanjot Lahiri writes that Banerjee ...

The earliest production in the Indus Valley Civilization was characterised by well planned cities and houses. The presence of drainage systems and public baths showed advanced standards of hygiene ...

The family was regarded as the social and political unit. It was the nucleus of the social life of the early Aryans. The father was the head of the family and he was known as “Grihapati”.

The river, lending its name to one of the world’s oldest settlements as the Indus Valley Civilization, also played a significant – if little-known – role in a significant chapter in India’s political ...

Rakhigarhi was one of the largest cities of the Indus Valley Civilization. Their findings provide insights into the origin of farming in South Asia. One of the most definitive milestones in human ...

He reiterated the two-nation theory and the civilization between Hindus and Muslims ... closed the Wagah Attari border, and put the Indus Valley treaty in abeyance. However, will that soothe the ...

The good news is, if you’ve got any knives (or scissors) that are just too blunt for chopping, you don’t have to replace them with new ones. Instead, you can just sharpen them. We found a ...